1996-97 Buffalo Sabres Team Gamelog

Record: 40-30-12 (92 points), Finished 1st in NHL Northeast Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Ted Nolan (40-30-12)

Goals For: 237 (13th of 26), Goals Against: 208 (6th of 26)
SRS: 0.31 (7th of 26), SOS: -0.04 (25th of 26)

Playoffs:
Lost Conference Semi-Finals (4-1) to Philadelphia Flyers
Won Conference Quarter-Finals (4-3) over Ottawa Senators

Preseason Odds: Stanley Cup +4000

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
								Team					Opponent
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
1	1996-10-04	@	Edmonton Oilers	3	4	L		19	24	2		0	22	8	1		0
2	1996-10-06	@	Calgary Flames	0	3	L		19	23	0		0	28	15	1		0
3	1996-10-09	@	Vancouver Canucks	2	1	W		19	6	0		0	35	4	0		0
4	1996-10-12		Detroit Red Wings	1	6	L		22	7	0		0	35	9	0		1
5	1996-10-15		Tampa Bay Lightning	0	4	L		22	22	0		0	30	24	1		0
6	1996-10-17		Pittsburgh Penguins	4	1	W		30	33	2		0	30	23	0		0
7	1996-10-18	@	Washington Capitals	4	1	W		26	22	0		1	32	22	1		0
8	1996-10-24		Montreal Canadiens	6	3	W		27	47	1		1	30	44	0		0
9	1996-10-26		Hartford Whalers	6	3	W		27	13	2		0	29	13	2		0
10	1996-10-27	@	New York Rangers	4	6	L		33	14	0		0	40	20	3		0
11	1996-10-30	@	Dallas Stars	0	2	L		24	38	0		0	31	22	1		0
12	1996-11-01	@	St. Louis Blues	4	2	W		22	15	1		0	36	15	0		0
13	1996-11-02	@	Colorado Avalanche	0	0	T	OT	20	10	0		0	32	6	0		0
14	1996-11-07		Philadelphia Flyers	2	5	L		15	10	0		0	38	18	1		0
15	1996-11-09	@	Hartford Whalers	3	4	L	OT	26	59	1		0	44	51	2		0
16	1996-11-11		Florida Panthers	3	2	W	OT	27	25	0		0	31	13	1		0
17	1996-11-12	@	Pittsburgh Penguins	0	3	L		25	10	0		0	38	20	0		0
18	1996-11-14		Colorado Avalanche	5	4	W		26	15	1		0	34	11	2		0
19	1996-11-19	@	Toronto Maple Leafs	3	4	L		23	30	0		0	32	30	0		0
20	1996-11-21		Toronto Maple Leafs	6	3	W		34	31	1		0	37	37	0		0
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
21	1996-11-23	@	Boston Bruins	3	2	W	OT	32	19	1		0	36	19	1		0
22	1996-11-26	@	Florida Panthers	3	4	L		23	16	1		0	33	10	2		0
23	1996-11-27	@	Tampa Bay Lightning	3	0	W		20	51	0		0	32	47	0		0
24	1996-11-29		Ottawa Senators	3	0	W		25	6	1		0	31	10	0		0
25	1996-11-30	@	New York Islanders	3	2	W		19	17	1		0	29	25	1		0
26	1996-12-04		Vancouver Canucks	6	7	L	OT	34	11	1		0	38	15	2		0
27	1996-12-06		Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	1	1	T	OT	23	17	1		0	40	34	0		0
28	1996-12-07	@	Hartford Whalers	4	6	L		26	15	1		0	36	17	0		0
29	1996-12-11	@	Montreal Canadiens	3	2	W	OT	29	17	0		0	45	17	0		0
30	1996-12-13		New York Rangers	0	3	L		30	18	0		0	26	18	2		0
31	1996-12-14	@	Boston Bruins	4	0	W		32	13	1		0	29	15	0		0
32	1996-12-18		Tampa Bay Lightning	5	3	W		25	6	0		0	32	4	0		0
33	1996-12-20		Los Angeles Kings	6	2	W		37	29	0		0	39	27	0		0
34	1996-12-21	@	Ottawa Senators	3	2	W		25	16	0		0	29	4	1		0
35	1996-12-23	@	New Jersey Devils	0	0	T	OT	37	4	0		0	37	10	0		0
36	1996-12-26		Hartford Whalers	5	1	W		21	8	0		0	27	10	0		0
37	1996-12-28	@	Pittsburgh Penguins	0	2	L		21	12	0		0	29	23	1		0
38	1996-12-31		New Jersey Devils	6	5	W		24	34	2		1	36	30	1		0
39	1997-01-03		St. Louis Blues	2	2	T	OT	39	8	1		0	35	12	1		0
40	1997-01-05		Phoenix Coyotes	5	1	W		33	30	1		0	31	61	1		0
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
41	1997-01-07	@	San Jose Sharks	1	1	T	OT	23	28	0		0	43	24	0		0
42	1997-01-09	@	Los Angeles Kings	3	6	L		31	6	0		1	25	10	0		0
43	1997-01-10	@	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	2	5	L		21	42	1		1	52	42	1		1
44	1997-01-12	@	Phoenix Coyotes	3	2	W	OT	30	15	0		1	34	17	2		0
45	1997-01-15	@	New York Islanders	2	1	W		24	39	1		0	26	12	1		0
46	1997-01-20		Chicago Blackhawks	2	1	W		24	33	0		1	44	18	0		0
47	1997-01-22		Montreal Canadiens	6	1	W		33	19	0		1	33	22	0		0
48	1997-01-24		Edmonton Oilers	1	3	L		23	10	0		0	35	6	2		0
49	1997-01-25		Hartford Whalers	1	5	L		36	38	0		1	18	28	2		1
50	1997-01-29		Pittsburgh Penguins	3	1	W		39	12	0		1	22	8	1		0
51	1997-01-31		Dallas Stars	3	1	W		24	4	0		0	35	21	0		0
52	1997-02-02		Washington Capitals	2	2	T	OT	24	23	0		0	29	21	1		0
53	1997-02-04	@	Philadelphia Flyers	1	1	T	OT	23	77	1		0	29	85	0		0
54	1997-02-06		Florida Panthers	1	1	T	OT	26	65	0		0	33	56	0		0
55	1997-02-08	@	Tampa Bay Lightning	3	1	W		25	22	1		0	32	35	1		0
56	1997-02-09		Ottawa Senators	2	1	W		20	12	0		0	33	2	1		0
57	1997-02-12		Montreal Canadiens	2	2	T	OT	34	12	0		0	45	10	0		0
58	1997-02-16		San Jose Sharks	6	2	W		35	26	2		1	33	40	0		0
59	1997-02-18		Calgary Flames	5	5	T	OT	32	17	1		1	42	15	1		0
60	1997-02-21		New York Islanders	5	2	W		25	96	1		1	36	74	1		0
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
61	1997-02-23		Boston Bruins	5	1	W		23	47	0		0	22	31	0		0
62	1997-02-27	@	New Jersey Devils	1	4	L		21	11	0		0	38	13	1		0
63	1997-03-01	@	Ottawa Senators	3	1	W		16	8	0		0	30	4	0		0
64	1997-03-05		Pittsburgh Penguins	4	2	W		27	16	1		1	25	22	1		0
65	1997-03-08	@	Montreal Canadiens	3	3	T	OT	24	27	1		0	43	15	1		0
66	1997-03-09		New Jersey Devils	1	4	L		18	19	0		0	31	21	1		0
67	1997-03-11		Philadelphia Flyers	3	2	W	OT	24	16	1		0	31	14	2		0
68	1997-03-15	@	Philadelphia Flyers	7	5	W		20	21	2		0	44	43	1		0
69	1997-03-17		Boston Bruins	5	1	W		25	39	1		0	28	34	1		0
70	1997-03-18	@	Pittsburgh Penguins	3	5	L		26	13	1		0	33	15	1		0
71	1997-03-21	@	Washington Capitals	4	1	W		12	16	1		1	31	14	0		0
72	1997-03-22	@	Florida Panthers	2	3	L		18	8	0		0	32	12	1		0
73	1997-03-26		New York Islanders	2	3	L	OT	27	18	0		0	28	18	0		0
74	1997-03-28	@	Detroit Red Wings	1	2	L	OT	22	16	0		0	41	27	1		0
75	1997-03-30	@	Chicago Blackhawks	2	3	L		27	8	0		0	22	12	0		0
76	1997-04-01	@	New York Rangers	1	1	T	OT	34	6	0		0	38	10	0		1
77	1997-04-02		Ottawa Senators	0	2	L		15	8	0		0	36	6	0		0
78	1997-04-04		New York Rangers	5	1	W		29	68	2		0	21	78	1		0
79	1997-04-07	@	Hartford Whalers	2	4	L		24	23	0		0	41	23	2		0
80	1997-04-10	@	Boston Bruins	5	1	W		24	13	1		0	28	9	0		0
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
81	1997-04-12	@	Ottawa Senators	0	1	L		17	16	0		0	34	6	0		0
82	1997-04-13		Washington Capitals	3	8	L		24	14	1		1	38	24	2		0

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
								Team					Opponent
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
1	1997-04-17		Ottawa Senators	3	1	W		26	16	1		1	23	14	1		0
2	1997-04-19		Ottawa Senators	1	3	L		24	12	0		0	29	10	2		0
3	1997-04-21	@	Ottawa Senators	3	2	W		25	18	0		0	28	10	2		0
4	1997-04-23	@	Ottawa Senators	0	1	L	OT	17	6	0		0	36	4	0		0
5	1997-04-25		Ottawa Senators	1	4	L		25	43	0		0	30	17	1		0
6	1997-04-27	@	Ottawa Senators	3	0	W		21	14	0		0	31	24	0		0
7	1997-04-29		Ottawa Senators	3	2	W	OT	31	6	1		0	27	10	1		0
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
8	1997-05-03		Philadelphia Flyers	3	5	L		32	37	1		0	47	37	1		0
9	1997-05-05		Philadelphia Flyers	1	2	L		30	22	0		0	37	14	0		0
10	1997-05-07	@	Philadelphia Flyers	1	4	L		16	16	1		0	38	18	2		0
11	1997-05-09	@	Philadelphia Flyers	5	4	W	OT	25	26	2		1	43	10	1		0
12	1997-05-11		Philadelphia Flyers	3	6	L		24	4	2		0	40	12	0		0

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